The situation in the ATO area remained relatively calm yesterday evening and night.

The report reads: "The illegal armed groups have opened fire at our positions several times between 6 p.m. and midnight yesterday, inviting retaliation afterwards. The militants fired at the ATO forces' stronghold in Marinka near Donetsk using IFV weapons and small arms at around 9 p.m. In addition, mercenaries attacked our positions south of Avdiivka with IFV weapons, small arms, and grenade launchers at about 11 p.m."

It was also noted that the enemy employed small arms against the Ukrainian troops in the village of Kirove at the Artemivsk direction at 9:50 p.m. The enemy sniper attacked the Ukrainian forces' positions in the village of Zaitseve twice at around 11 p.m.

"The pro-Russian gangs violated the cease-fire 12 times over the past day, while there were no attacks on the ATO forces' positions recorded from midnight to 6 a.m. Sept. 7," the headquarters said.

All materials published on this website that cite Interfax-Ukraine news agency as a source should not be further copied and/or redistributed in any other form without written consent by Interfax-Ukraine news agency.